Khao Laem Ya National Park - Mu Ko Samet
| Khao Laem Ya National Park - Mu Ko Samet | |||
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| Location: | Rayong , Thailand | ||
| Surface: | 131 km² | ||
| Founding: | October 1, 1981 | ||
| Visitors: | 128,532 (2009) | ||
| Address: | 79, Mu 1, Ban Kon Ao, Hat Mae Ramphueng-Phe Rd., Phe Sub-district, Amphoe Mueang Rayong, Rayong, Thailand 21160 | ||
The Khao Laem Ya - Mu Ko Samet National Park ( Thai : อุทยานแห่งชาติ เขา แหลม หญ้า - หมู่ เกาะ เสม็ด , RTGS : uthayan haengchat khao laem ya - mu ko samet, National Park "Cape of the Grass Mountains and Samet Archipelago") is a Marine National Park (MNP, German about, sea - National Park ' ., No. 8) in the eastern part of the central region of Thailand .
The Samet Archipelago together with the Cape of the Grass Mountain (Khao Laem Ya) and an area of eleven kilometers of Mae Ramphueng Beach was declared a national park by the Thai Royal Forest Department in 1981.
geography
The park is located in Rayong Province , about 200 kilometers southeast of Bangkok . It has a size of 81,875 Rai , which corresponds to about 131 km². The Samet Archipelago consists of Ko Samet and the islands of Ko Chan ( เกาะ จันทร์ - "Moon Island"), Ko San Chalam ( เกาะ สัน ฉลาม - "Shark Fin Island") and Hin Khao ( หิน ขาว - "White Rock") , which lie south of Samet, as well as eight other islands on the border of the national park: Ko Kuthi (also: Ko Kudi - เกาะ กุฎี , "monk's cell island"), Ko Klet Chalam ( เกาะ เกล็ด ฉลาม - "shark scale island"), Ko Kruai ( เกาะ กรวย - "Cone Island"), Ko Makham ( เกาะ มะขาม - "Tamarind Island"), Ko Plai Tin ( เกาะ ปลายตีน - " Toe Island"), Ko Thai Khang Kkao ( เกาะ ท้าย ค้างคาว - " Bat Bottom Island ”), Ko Yung Kluea ( เกาะ ยุ้ง เกลือ -“ Salt Silo Island ”) and Ko Thalu ( เกาะ ทะลุ -“ Hole Island ”).
climate
It is cool and dry from mid-October to February. The mean annual temperatures are 28 ° C. The lowest temperatures are in December, when it gets up to 20 ° C. April has the highest temperatures of around 33 ° C. The average rainfall is 1339 mm per year, with most of the precipitation happening in September with 255 mm, the lowest in December with an average of 4 mm. The annual mean relative humidity is 77%.
Attractions
- The Laem Ya and Plet Mountains ( เขา แหลม หญ้า และ เขา เป ล็ ด ) are low laterite mounds with an area of 1.09 km². The southern cape is covered with forest, from the top of the hills you can see the curved, sandy beaches of Samet and two other islands in the west.
- Mae Ramphueng Beach ( หาด แม่ รำพึง - Hat Mae Ramphueng ) is the longest beach in the province and is located east of the provincial capital on the mainland. The park administration is also located here.
- Ko Samet ( เกาะ เสม็ด ) has become a well-known holiday island.
literature
- Denis Gray (inter alia): National Parks of Thailand . Communications Resources Ltd., Bangkok 1991, ISBN 974-88670-9-9
Individual evidence
- ↑ dnp.go.th ( Memento of the original from March 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed July 5, 2011
